Selective zone temperature control build plate
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorGaurang N. NAWARE
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Abstract
A build plate for use in an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional printing process. The build plate includes multiple elements which have contact plates and temperature control modules. The contact plates form at least a portion of an upper surface of the build plate upon which an article is fabricated. A controller communicates with the temperature control modules and controls the temperature of respective temperature control modules. The multiple elements allow for selective temperature control of the upper surface of the build plate, allowing portions of the article to be selectively cooled or heated.
Claims20
A build plate for use in an additive manufacturing process, the build plate comprising:
- multiple elements each having a contact plate and a temperature control module, the contact plates form at least a portion of an upper surface of the build plate upon which an article is fabricated;
- a controller which communicates with the temperature control modules, the controller controls the temperature of respective temperature control modules;
- wherein the multiple elements allow for selective temperature control of the upper surface of the build plate, allowing portions of the article to be selectively cooled or heated.
A build plate for use in an additive manufacturing process, the build plate comprising:
- multiple modular elements, each module element having a contact plate and a temperature control module, each of the contact plates form at least a portion of an upper surface of the build plate upon which an article is fabricated;
- a controller which communicates with each of the temperature control modules, the controller controls the temperature of each of the temperature control modules;
- wherein the multiple modular elements allow for selective temperature control of the upper surface of the build plate, eliminating a thermal gradient across the build plate.
A build plate for use in an additive manufacturing process, the build plate comprising:
- a first modular element having a first contact plate and a first temperature control module;
- a second modular element having a second contact plate and a second temperature control module;
- the first contact plate and the second contact plate form at least a portion of an upper surface of the build plate upon which an article is fabricated;
- a controller which communicates with the first temperature control module to set the temperature of first temperature control module to a first temperature;
- the controller communicates with the second temperature control module to set the temperature of second temperature control module to a second temperature which is different than the first temperature;
- wherein the first and second modular elements allow for selective temperature control of the upper surface of the build plate, eliminating a thermal gradient across the build plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.